G11 | Philosophy - Intersubjectivity

Intersubjectivity

Sharing of subjects states that of two or more individuals.

Theoretical Level, Practical Level

2 levels of Intersubjectivity

Theoretical Level

We consider how the person sees, perceives, understands, or knows the other person in relation to his/her.

Subject

When someone is seen as conscious and free and lacks defined identity or essence.

Object

When someone seen as something that is unconscious and unfree, and has a defined identity or fixed essence.

Practical Level

We consider how the person's actions towards the other person's own interest.

Means

One necessarily disregards person's interest.

End

One necessarily considers one's interest.

Death

The act of passing away, the end of life, or the permanent destruction of something.

Cardiopulmonary Approach

Heart Lung Approach

Cardiopulmonary Approach

A human is considered dead when the person's heart and lungs have irreversibly ceased to function.

Higher Brain

The one primarily responsible for consciousness and the cerebellum.

Higher Brain

Responsible for coordination and voluntary movements.

Lower Brain

Brain Stem

Lower Brain

Primarily responsible for spontaneous respiration and reticular activating system.

Lower Brain

If the _______ will cease to function, the upper brain will necessarily cease to function as well

Upper Brain

If the _______ will cease to function, it will still be possible for the lower Brain to function

Whole Brain Approach

A person is dead when his/her entire brain has irreversibly ceased to function.

Higher Brain Approach

A person is dead when his/her upper brain has irreversibly ceased to function, even though his lower brain continues to function.

Persistent Vegetative State

A vegetative state present one month after acute traumatic or non-traumatic brain injury.

Coma

Sleep like unarousable unresponsiveness.

Vegetative State

Awake like arousable, unresponsiveness